“We can’t wait to see what next year has in store for Japanese cinema!”
Category: Interviews
Iranian Film Festival Australia Set to Tour 6 Capitals
“We have a spotlight on first-time Iranian filmmakers as we wanted to bring their exciting new works to the centre of attention”
Megan Riakos talks Aus Horror Anthology ‘Dark Whispers’
“Hopefully this project will provide opportunities for our directors and to dispel the myth that women only make one kind of horror or that they aren’t interested in the genre”
Film Fight Club S3E32: Queer Screen, SF3 & Sydney Underground 2019
#QSFF19 Director Lisa Rose (Sep 18-22!), SF3 2019 Gala & Smartphone Feature debut ‘Blue Moon’ and emerging from the Underground Film Festival
Film Fight Club S3E31: Sydney Underground & SF3’s Smartphone Filmmaking Weekend
Where chat all things Sydney Underground and Smartphone Flick Fest SF3 2019!
SF3 Marks 5th Year with 1st Smartphone Film
“My prediction is that a couple of years from now the fact a feature was shot on a phone will be totally unremarkable. When Blue Moon screened in Dublin the curator didn’t tell the audience […]
Short + Sweet Film Festival Sydney Awards 2019 Winners
“It always feels good to get recognition, what made this one special is that it was in my home town”
Film Fight Club S3E30: SciFi Film Festival & The Farewell
Where we chat all things SciFi Film Festival 2019 with Program Director Simon Foster (running Sep 6-8!) and drama that fares well in The Farewell
‘Norman’ among Australian Premieres at SciFi Film Festival 2019
“There’s a vastness of vision in the 2019 line-up”
KOFFIA 2019 heads across the country with ‘Extreme Job’
Very rarely does a film so nail a premise
Film Fight Club S3E29: Sydney Latin American Film Festival & The Nightingale
Where we chat with Sydney Latin American Film Festival Programmer Gisselle Gallego and recap Jennifer Kent’s newest feature – Wednesdays 7:30PM on 2SER and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes & Spotify! See here for Muralla review
Film Fight Club S3E28: KOFFIA, #MIFF2019 & OUATIH (spoilers)
Where we chat with the 10th annual Korean Film Festival in Australia Artistic Director David Park, fight about our favourite and least favourite flicks from the Melbourne International Film Festival and return to Hollywood to unpack what we’re told is the 9th film from Quentin Tarantino (spoilers discussion)
Film Fight Club S3E24: Taiwan Film Fest, Ohong Village Interviews & Cats Trailer
Taiwan Film Festival Founder Benson Wu, Opening Night Flick ‘Ohong Village’ Director Lung-Yin Lim and the ‘Cats’ trailer
Film Fight Club S3E22: One Heat Minute, Booksmart & Hail Satan?
Where we chat all things One Heat Minute and the project’s massive conclusion with founder Blake Howard, fight about Superba… Booksmart and visit the Satanic Temple
Julia Parnell & Martin Phillipps talk ‘The Chills’
“It’s a story about Martin taking a big look at his life after a dire medical diagnosis that forced some real change… when I walked into his life I was dropped into a place where […]
‘Transmilitary’ Directors on the Award-Winning Doco
Gabe Silverman and Fiona Dawson discuss the origins and impact of their powerful documentary, and its connection to the controversial Trump administration ban on trans people serving in the military
Ant Timpson talks ‘Come to Daddy’ and the new thriller-comedy’s International Premiere
“As a fan making a film I wanted to make something that I knew would resonate with people who are savvy and maybe a little bit discerning”
Majhid Heath talks Australian Indigenous Horror Anthology ‘Dark Place’
“Five wickedly twisted tales from the next generation of Aboriginal Writer/Directors all looking at the post-colonial Aboriginal experience through the horror genre”
Teona Strugar Mitevska talks ‘God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya’
“It’s a story of a woman who defies the rules of the establishment, of the Church, of the State. She goes against them all in order to redefine herself in her own terms, the way […]
RJ Mitte talks ‘Standing Up For Sonny’
Standing Up For Sonny is about Travis who is really reluctant to have a life and ends up getting a roommate who forces him to get out
Sacha Polak and Vicky Knight talk ‘Dirty God’
“It’s completely changed the way I am and the way I see myself doing this movie”
MIRRAH FOULKES ON ‘JUDY AND PUNCH’ AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
“It’s a pretty unusual film, it’s a fictionalised origin story about the infamous Punch and Judy puppet play”
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